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The Physics of Superheroes Summary
The Physics of Superheroes
by James Kakalios 2006 384 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Comics
Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 560 pages
4.22
300k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
A Universe from Nothing Summary
A Universe from Nothing
Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
by Lawrence M. Krauss 2012 224 pages
3.94
29k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Making a New Science
by James Gleick 2008 384 pages
4.03
38k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Feyman's Tips on Physics Summary
Feyman's Tips on Physics
A Problem-Solving Supplement to The Feynman Lectures on Physics
by Richard P. Feynman 2013 208 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Physics
Science
Textbooks
The Physics of Wall Street Summary
The Physics of Wall Street
A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable
by James Owen Weatherall 2013 286 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Science
Time Warped Summary
Time Warped
by Claudia Hammond 2012 342 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Cosmos Summary
Cosmos
by Carl Sagan 1985 324 pages
4.39
100k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Future of the Mind Summary
The Future of the Mind
The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
by Michio Kaku 2014 400 pages
4.09
14k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
How the Hippies Saved Physics Summary
How the Hippies Saved Physics
Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
by David Kaiser 2011 400 pages
3.55
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
Guesstimation Summary
Guesstimation
Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin
by Lawrence Weinstein 2008 320 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Business
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam Summary
Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam
A Life in Physics
by Kenneth W. Ford 2000 390 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Science
Physics
Biography
Wizard Summary
Wizard
The Life And Times Of Nikola Tesla
by Marc J. Seifer 2011 580 pages
3.72
6k+ ratings
Biography
Science
History
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Summary
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
by Richard P. Feynman 2005 288 pages
4.23
12k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Biography
The Quantum Universe Summary
The Quantum Universe
by Brian Cox 2012 272 pages
3.76
4k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Summary
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
by Richard P. Feynman 2007 256 pages
4.19
29k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
At Home in the Universe Summary
At Home in the Universe
The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
by Stuart A. Kauffman 1996 336 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Science
Biology
Physics
Sync Summary
Sync
by Steven H. Strogatz 2004 351 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
by Sean Carroll 2016 475 pages
4.18
9k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time
Journeys Along a Curious Dimension
by Dan Falk 2009 344 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Physics
The Order of Time Summary
The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli 2018 256 pages
4.12
32k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Stalking the Wild Pendulum Summary
Stalking the Wild Pendulum
On the Mechanics of Consciousness
by Itzhak Bentov 1988 208 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Spirituality
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Summary
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
by Stephen Hawking 2018 227 pages
4.28
75k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" Summary
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman 2010 352 pages
4.27
200k+ ratings
Science
Biography
Physics
The Future of Fusion Energy Summary
The Future of Fusion Energy
by Jason Parisi 2018 406 pages
4.50
100+ ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
What Is Relativity? Summary
What Is Relativity?
An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
by Jeffrey O. Bennett 2014 204 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Alex's Adventures in Numberland Summary
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics
by Alex Bellos 2010 448 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Infinite Powers Summary
Infinite Powers
How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
by Steven H. Strogatz 2019 389 pages
4.3
6k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Galileo's Error Summary
Galileo's Error
Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
by Philip Goff 2019 192 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Physics of the Impossible Summary
Physics of the Impossible
A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
by Michio Kaku 2008 354 pages
4.1
39k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
The Future of Humanity Summary
The Future of Humanity
Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
by Michio Kaku 2018 368 pages
4.19
11k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Space
Visions Summary
Visions
How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
by Michio Kaku 2011 418 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
The Perfect Swarm Summary
The Perfect Swarm
The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2009 288 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
Newton's Football Summary
Newton's Football
The Science Behind America's Game
by Allen St. John 2013 272 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Sports
Science
Football
This Explains Everything Summary
This Explains Everything
Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
by John Brockman 2013 432 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Psychology
A Briefer History of Time Summary
A Briefer History of Time
by Stephen Hawking 2007 176 pages
4.26
40k+ ratings
Science
Physics
History
Parallel Worlds Summary
Parallel Worlds
A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
by Michio Kaku 2006 448 pages
4.21
21k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Physics of the Future Summary
Physics of the Future
How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
by Michio Kaku 2011 483 pages
4
17k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Technology
Bad Astronomy Summary
Bad Astronomy
by Philip Plait 2002 288 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Science
Astronomy
Space
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Summary
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli 2015 96 pages
3.98
59k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
A Short History of Nearly Everything Summary
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson 2003 560 pages
4.22
300k+ ratings
Science
History
Humor
The Mathematics of Life Summary
The Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 371 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
Letters From An Astrophysicist Summary
Letters From An Astrophysicist
by Neil deGrasse Tyson 2019 272 pages
4.06
7k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
The God Equation Summary
The God Equation
The Quest for a Theory of Everything
by Michio Kaku 2021 240 pages
4.11
6k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Until the End of Time Summary
Until the End of Time
Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
by Brian Greene 2020 448 pages
4.03
5k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Street-Fighting Mathematics Summary
Street-Fighting Mathematics
The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving
by Sanjoy Mahajan 2010 152 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Textbooks
Existential Physics Summary
Existential Physics
A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2022 272 pages
3.92
2k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Entangled Minds Summary
Entangled Minds
Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality
by Dean Radin 2009 372 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
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